Over at Lifehacker, a brief piece about the as yet unpublished results of a study by economist Makoto Watanabe on when is the best time to book flights. A few highlights: No surprise, given the title of this post, 8 weeks out generally delivers the best deal Fares are cheapest in the afternoon Not part [...]

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Kevin on August 31st, 2010

A way to help you manage Gmail overload, Google Priority Inbox begins its rollout today.  Read about it at Fast Company here:  Google Priority Inbox Soothes Email-Overload Stress

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Kevin on August 29th, 2010

…and please, Person Who Writes Caution Label Copy For A Living, why are “OPEN” and “IN” in quotation marks?  Do you not understand that they are not only unnecessary, but in fact imply the opposite of what you intend to say?   “Good” work!

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In addition to a couple of usual suspects – Wendy Perrin & USA Today Travel, for instance – a few surprises.  See the full list here:  10 Travel Twitterers to Follow, and Why @HuffingtonPost

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Kevin on August 25th, 2010

Travel News Daily

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Kevin on August 20th, 2010

If there’s a piece of gear – travel or otherwise – you’d like to see reviewed at Practical Hacks, let me know by commenting, and I’ll see if I can line up a review sample.  I need to line up reviews for this fall, and would love to know what gear you’re interested in. And [...]

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